Formative Assessment:Where Students Are the Center of

Attention

What is formative assessment?

• Formative assessment is the continuous systematic process of gather evidence that students are or are not learning the skills and knowledge necessary from the lessons that are being provided.

Benchmarks and summative assessments are used to gather information from a moment in time unlike formative assessment.

Formative Assessment

Observing students put into practice what they have learned.

Feedback projects Think pair share peer/self assessment

Exit/admit slip learning/response log

What Formative Assessment looks like

Formative Assessment

Observing Questioning

Learning Targets and Criteria for Success

Learning targets are what we want students to learn. The learning goal should be separated from the instruction. Learning targets are stated in student friendly terms.

Success criteria should improve the students learning. The students should be empowered to learn independently. Students are in charge of their learning.

Learning targets will help students answer questions that will let them know they are learning.

Learning TargetsI can fill in the plot for the story “Eleven”.

I can identify the landforms on the map of coast of North Carolina.

Collecting and documenting evidence is the way to be certain students are learning.

Collecting and Documenting Evidence helps the teacher stay on top of student learning and knowing if there is incorrect information or misinformation and then correcting it.Teachers who do the constant checking , observing, reviewing , questioning, and keeping evidence of what students learn or don’t learn will see greater student growth.

With the formative assessment, the teacher must analyze the evidence collected then offer descriptive

feedback to help the student’s learning.

• You stated the plot and I see you have done a well-defined description of the plot. You need to reread the story to find the climax and state it again on your plot chart.

• Descriptive feedback must be clear and concise so the student knows what needs to be done to correct the learning.

- Effectively examine student work;- Understand the differences between evaluative and descriptive feedback;- Enhance student learning through descriptive feedback;- Plan instructional modifications to address learning gaps or enrich instruction.

How will the teacher effectively examine student learning?

Where am I going?Where am I now?How can I close the gap?How will I know I’m getting there?How can I keep it going?

Students need to understand where their learning is going so they will ask questions:

Formative assessment is a practice for students to get it write. It improves student learning because they get daily feedback that allows them to adjust the learning and show growth. Formative assessment gives a teacher the “chance to reflect on students strengths and weaknesses with respect to specific learning goals and success criteria…” Formative assessments center the learning around the student.